Building block



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L. s. MUNSON BUILDING BLOCK 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed octf s;

Lfs. MUN SON BUILDING BLOCK Filed Oct. 18, 1922 'Jan. 5, 19 26.

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Fatehted Jan. 5, v i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I Lon-Inn s. kunson, on iwasnrne'ron, msrnicron conmrnm.

v 'nuunme iggcgf Q Application amt October 18, 1922. Serial No. 595,317.

Fig. 4- is a perspective view of a block To all whom it may. concern: Be it known that I, LUTHER S. MU'NSON, a such as that employed in Fig. 3; and citizen of the- United States, residing at Fig. 5 is a fragmentaryelevationalview Washingtom'in the Districtof Columbia, of a Wall illustrating use oft-heblocks, coni have invented' certairrnew and :"uSeful-lm ifs l'llctcdlin accordance with this invention,

provements in Building Blocks, of which the: arranged in staggered relation. 1 a following is a specification. v TIn reducing-this invention'to practice a The presentinvention relates to building block A,- such.- as' shown"*inFig. 2 of the blocks of the type employed inthe cofnstrucdrawings, may beused in the construction tion of all species of permanent building of a wall BQas shown inFig. I or in the structures such as manufacturing plants, construction of a wallC shown in Fig. 5.

office buildings, dwellings, etc, as well as Orif desired theblocks may be of theiconbeing adaptable for use in the construction figuration indicated at D, shown in Fig. 4, of walls, bridges, conduits, etc; 1 .and embodied in a wall E as illustrated in Objects of this invention are "toi'provide"*Figiapf the drawings.- building blocks of sufiicient miscellany 0 Tl block A maybe of substantially the make their use practical in the construction same size as a standard brick and may also of buildings of any size as well as allowing be of the configuration shown in Fig. 2. for the embellishment or ornamentationot "The block;...is .Qpreferabl a hollow and 80 the buildingfto -provide building blocks 'equipped with intermediate. strengthening which complementoneanother an are in- Walls 6 which extend transversely thereterenga'ged and locked; to provide a bonded across. These walls divide the block into' a. wall which is fireprooias -well as weather series of compartments 7 which 'ma be tightand'air tight'; and to. provide blocks hollow, as-shown, or filled with a p astic which. are hollow-to facilitate transportat on composition .or the like whenever, desired or andlalso reduce the cost of transportation found necessary. One side of 'each b'lock is to a minimum, yetpermit-ting thejblocks to e nipped with a pair of projections .8, one be reinforcedwithjafiller of plastic or other 0 which is arranged in proximity to each material wherever desiredor f n ne esend of the-block, while a projection 9 ex--- sary in order to augment the durability of tends from the block between the projecthe wall .or other structure'in. which the tions 8. Upon referenceto Fig. 1 of-the I blocks are embodied. i

A co -ordinate object of the invention 1s!t0 wall of each projection 8 is straight, as inprovide'blocks which may 'beaxi'ally. sup 1T- Qdicated at 10, while theopposite wall is inimposed, or arranged in staggered relationp clined as. indicated at 11. Each of the proin the formation of a wall, with equally jections Q Fhas the side walls 12" thereof ineffective results, ampleprovisionbe ng madelyfclined orconverged so that the contour of for the insertion of door and window frame he-proj ction 9 is dovetailed. -The proetc., without weakening thewall or detrac tions 8 .and 9' may; be formed solid or 40 ing from the appearance ofthe latter; witlfopenin'gs*I3i *fiit.

Numerous other objects of .this'invent M will be apparent from the following U H tion of the present preferred forms 0ft 8 iiitelYfittedin differentwaysy However, in invention taken in connection with? v the "qaclili instance .it is believed to -be:preferable accompanying drawings wherein L, toghavepne block'A'interfitted with two parllelly arranged blocks as' shown in Fig. 1,

'Fig. 1 1s a. fragmentary'planview o wallembodying blocks constructed'i n o asto provide" a continuous union of the locksi s ilhia-mtermediate projection 9 of cordance with this invention; 1 Fig; 2 is a perspective view of the-form g pi'ojections 8g-oijtwo adjacent blocks and the E-Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view of a incli1iedifces -11"1 o'fi'said adjacent blocks enwall constructed in accordance with this in-' gageu; t he'inclined'faces 12 of the pro- I, vention'employing blocks of a different conectio n" Y is provides spaces between. the fj figflratioll from ithose shown in Figs.;1- strai ht'faces10 of the projections on the drawings-it will be noted that the inner {one block isipositioned between the terminal parallellyarrangedblocks which are adapt.

. teem; bungififl sA different ethbdssmay be: mployed and the blocks ed for the reception of a plastic composition 14 capacitating as abond or key.v Also, spaces are provided between the ends of the block bodies'which are also filled with a plastic composition, as indicated at 15,

thereby bonding the bodies of the blocks togethe'r. The spaces between the ends of the block bodies are predetermined, consequently, the artisan in assembling the blocks in a wall can expeditiously determine whether or not the parallelly arranged blocks have been actuated together'into the desired con- 7 tiguity beforethe plastic composition is de posited between the projections and the block bodies.

NVherevcr desired or found necessary, a portion. only of a block may be used, such as indicated at F in Fig. 1, especially where it is necessary. to finish the terminus of a wall. Also, the fragment of a' block may be provided with a recess 16 of dovetail or other configuration in which a wooden buck 16 or the like may be mounted to which a win- 26 dow 6r door frame can be anchored.

blocks 'Aor may be used in conjunction with other bloeks, such for instance asthe blocks G shown "in Fig. 5. The blocks G are of a similar design to the blocks A but are of ata h g in excess f the h ight of the blocks H A't'o' permit staggering of the blocks. For

instance, in the construction of a wall, em-

bricks arranged in'staggered relation, two tiersof parallelly. arranged blocks arelusedt One tier ma employ a bottom or base row of blocks X which has blocks G superimposed thereon as shown in Fig. 5.

The other tier of blocks is composed sole- -ly of the blocks G which are interengaged with the'blocks A and G in the manner 'shown in Fig. .5.

The block Dhas a pair of projections 17 extending laterally fromflone face thereof adjacent the -op tiosite ends of the body of ".45 the block. The projections may be either tubular as shown in Fig. 4, or solid. A central projection 18 is formed in the body of. -the block D intermediate the projection 17. The projection 18 may likewise be tubular, o as shown, or-solid and has its inception at the inner face of, the wall of the block opposite to that which carries the projections 17 The wall of the blockwhich carries the projection 17 is intersected by the projecl tion 18. The block D may be of any desired size and may be embodied in a wall with symmetrical blocks or with blocks of various configurations which are equipped with i [projections interfittingwith the projections 317 and 18. The outer wall of each projection 17 is oblique or inclined. as indicated at 19, while the inner wall thereof is I r straight, as indicated at 20. The opposite .Walls 21 of the projection 18 diverge out-- wardly. Consequently, in assembling the Afwall may be made solely from the convenience.

blocks the oblique faces 19 of the projections 17 maybe urged into engagement with the correspondingly formed faces 21 of the projection 18 thereby providing spaces between the straight sides 20 of the projections 18 into which a plastic material 22 may be If desired corner column blocks. may be used in order to add to the ornamental appea'rance of the walls or to bond the ends and side walls together. For instance in order to illustrate this feature of the invention. s s

I have in Fig. 3 shown a corner block 14 which in the present instance is shown to be rectangular and is equipped with an integral dovetailed projection 22 on each of two faces thereof. Both of these lugs are adapted for engagement in complemental recesses formed in terminal blocks D which are fragments of the blocks D. It is of course to be understood that when the corner block H is used it must be slidably engaged, in a vertical plane, with the right angled walls of the building. However, I am aware that in some instances such a construction would be lmpractical and that it would be necessary to -laterally engage the corner blocks with the walls. Where .this is either desired or found necessary a portion of each projection 22 may be removed and sufiicient plastic composition introduced into the doveis chipped 01f. Also, where desired the blocks H may corner column.

In use of blocks constructed in accordance with this invention, it is understood that the outer faces of the blocks may be glazed or otherwise ornamented. Moreover, wherever, desired walls composed of the type of block herein shown may be faced by decorative blocks of any standard construction. It is; the purpose of the present invention to utilize building blocks which may be manufactured at a relatively low cost, transported with facility and expedition at a minimum cost, and handled by the'workmen with Moreover, the'present invention employs blocks which may be embodied in a wall with precision, in order that the tiers of the wall will be rigidly bonded-together. It is not necessary in the construction of a wall embodying the blocks of the present invention to require highly skilled artisans in this art, in order to afford efbe filled to produce a solid fectiveresults, since the horizontal shifting gaged, automatically seats them in roper projection havin tapered, a'nd 'saif position. and it is necessary only to eposit the plastic composition at the desired places for securing the blocks. It'is moreover to be understood that the blockspf this invention may be made from any desired material tapered and' said terminal projections having theirinner faces straight and their outer faces ta ered.

2. A uilding block including a body equipped with an intermediate and terminal projections on one face, said intermediate the opposite sides thereof terminal projections being spaced from the ends of said body and hav ing their inner faces straight and their outer faces-ta red. v

3. A wall includingblocks equipped with projections, certain of which have the op posite faces thereof angularly disposed, one

face of each of the other projections being angular, said blocks being movable to intere'ngage said angular faces and provide spaces between'the opposite faces of the projections for the reception of a locking medium.

4. A walljconstruction including a body with intermediate and terminal projections on one face, said intermediate projection being of dovetail shape, the innerfaces of the terminal projections being strai ht and the outer faces tapered and spaced from the terminals of said'body, the tapered face of" each terminal projection-impinging against a side of the dovetail ro ection on an adjacent block, the straig t side of each terminal projection being spaced from the corresponding side of a terminal an adjacent block, and a plastic binder disposed in the space between said straight aces.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signa-' ture.

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